Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Troides Hübner, 1819 . Verz. bekannt. Schmett. : 88.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : PAPILIONIDAE : PAPILIONINAE : TROIDINI : TROIDINA

Type-species:
Papilio helena Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10), 1: 461.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by Scudder , 1875. Proc. amer. acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 286.    [BHL]

Type specimens:
See BHL scanned Type-species page: .

Notes:
The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008).

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